Talvin Singh, chillies and gibberish

Out and about: Your definitive fortnightly guide to all that’s haute and happening in town

Out and about: Your definitive fortnightly guide to all that’s haute and happening in town.

Hamlet – the clown prince
An innovative production in part-English, part gibberish-put up by Rajat Kapoor that will definitely require some reading between the lines. The protagonists are clowns and they bumble their way through the script, sometimes misinterpreting, sometimes finding new meanings and often making a royal Shakespearean mess of it all.

Go if: You can understand enough Shakespearean English to tell the difference between that and gibberish.Go to: Prithvi Theatre, Vile Parle, Mumbai, tel: +9126149546Go on: Dec 8; at 6PM and 9PM

Chilly festival
Taste inventive chilly dishes, learn how to grow chillies, try some world famous chilly varieties and enter into a chilly eating competition.

Light drifts exhibition
Featuring artists from around the world, this show explores how photography has deeply modified our perception of reality since the beginning of the twentieth century. It also looks at the fabricated image through a wide range of other media, such as video, film, conceptual photography, drawing, graphic design, internet and sound art.

International film festival of India, Goa
Known as the Indian Cannes, the 41st IFFI will feature 300 movies from around the world in a period of 10 days. 18 films will compete for a massive cash prize and there will also be a master class conducted by Boman Irani on the evolution of comedy in Indian cinema. Getting a special focus will be Amir Khan’s Peepli Live which is India’s official entry to the 83rd Academy Awards.

Go if: Did I mention it’s in Goa?Go to: Daily details can be found on the websiteGo on: November 22- December 3

Cafe Diva, Delhi
Restaurateur and chef Ritu Dalmia has launched a cafe format restaurant offering an intimate bistro experience in upscale casual dining. The menu is authentic Italian with a stress on fresh ingredients, and will soon feature a range of award-winning international wines.

The Talvin Singh festival
Best known for helping start the Asian Underground genre in electronic music, this producer, composer and acclaimed tabla player has worked with the likes of Madonna. He will be performing in Mumbai, blending classical Indian music with drum n' bass.

Go if: You're skeptical that fusing classical Indian and electronic music can work.Go to: Blue Frog, MumbaiGo on: 25 November – MST Project- with Erik Truffaz, (contemporary jazz trumpeter) and Murcof, (electronica artist)
26 November – a performance of his acclaimed 1997 album Soundz of the Asian Underground with Osmani and Sukh Knight.